24.29.1561 PHYSICIAN FEES -- MEDICINE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED FROM APRIL 1, 1993, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007

(1) For services provided from April 1, 1993, through December 30, 2007, fees for medicine specialty area services are payable according to the values listed in Relative Values for Physicians.

(2) Nothing in this rule is to be construed so as to broaden the scope of a provider's practice. Each provider is to limit their services to those which can be performed within the limits and restrictions of the provider's professional licensure. Providers may only charge for services performed that are consistent with the scope of their practice and licensure.

(3) The conversion factor used depends on the date the service was rendered:

(a) Effective April 1, 1993, the conversion factor for each medical specialty area service performed by a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, and doctor of podiatry are as follows:

Specialty

Area

Procedure

Codes

Conversion

Factor

(i)

Medicine

90000 - 99999

$ 3.77

(ii)

Surgery

10000 - 69999

80.55

(iii)

Radiology

70000 - 79999

(Professional or Total Component)

15.59

(iv)

Pathology

80000 - 89999

13.50

(b) Effective January 1, 1994, and each year annually thereafter, the conversion factor will increase in the manner specified by ARM 24.29.1536.

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